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STREET OR STATION INDIGATOR.

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STREET OB. STATION INDICATOR.

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sTRBTToR STATION INDICATOR.

Patented July 10, 1888.

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irAFK ANTHONY, OF "s AN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

STREET OR STATIQN INDICATOR.

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. fr iA-,ppicsx'tic'rh/led ply 16, 1887. Serial No. 244,541. (No model.)

Tc all` whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, MARK of California, have useful Improvements or Station Indicators;

' figures of reference y markedy thereon, forml a part of this specification.

automatic station-indicator.

dicator with casing Jv broken away, thrust T.Y Figs. 67,.8, 9, and LQ are View, of the reversing-lever and thrust.

zo ysteam-cars.

; views.

-This invention has relation to automatic station-indicators for railway-cars; and it con- 4 sist's in the construction and novel combinations of parts, as

. In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a box or case, inv which the horizontal rolls or drums and the indicating-ribbon carrying the namesof the streets or stations are located, this box being preferably provided with a glazed front, A', to protect hereinafter set forth.

the ribbon and mechanism.

B designates the trip-druin,

4 5 spring, D, whereby any secured in the end of the box.

its end double pinions a 5o middle portion a pinion,

ANTHONY, a etizen of the UnitedStates, residing at San Francisco, in the countyo'f'San Francisco and State invented certain new and in Advertising Street and I do declare the following to he apfull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make'and nse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and 'to letters or which Figure 1 is afront elevation of-myimproved Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section Of gear-barrel G andV 4spring'IzI. .-Fig. 3 is ka detailtop view of barrel Gaudi-bar P. Fig. ,-4 4isatop view of bar- 2C rel G broken away, showing spring H and .gear g. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of my inshowing y detail parts. Fig. 1l isla broken end view 'of a car withmy improved indicator attached. Fig. '12 is a side. .vew. Fig. 13 is a detail front Fig. 14 is a detail top view of incline m. Fig. 15 is a. detail view of automatic attachment for Figs. 16, 17, and 18 are modified and C the free drum, which is connected to its shaft B' by a slack of the ribbon is taken up. 'A bearing-frame, E, of metal, is

d,whose.stud c projects through aslot, d', in the case-wall. A shifting-lever is moved to raise or lower the rod F to bring its lower pinions, a b', or its upper pinions, a b, in engage ment with thejournal-pinions c e' of thedrum shafts or journals. This shifting lmechanism is designed to vfacilitate the reversal of the movement of the drums, so that the indicatorribbon may be carried in either direction according to requirement:

spring,- .IEL one end of which is connected thereto. ftachedto the winding-stem K, which carries ratchet, h, which are rigidly secured to said pinion, c, gearwheel, g, engages an intermediate pinion, g', which is engaged bythe pinion h of the winding-rod L, which extends through a bearing in the case-wall and is provided with a handle, Z. y

The upper ratchet, h, of the stem K engages spring-'pawls m m of the gear M, which is loose the gear M is turned in one direction it will carry-the pinion 1h and stein K, but when turned in the opposite direction it will rotate freely on said` stem. The above the bearing or frame plate N, as shown, and is in engagement with a toothed bar, P, which is designed to move back and vforth in horizontal position when actuated by the de- .vices hereinafter referred to. When moved in one direction, the slide or bar l? will turn the gear M torotate spring H in the barrel-gear; but-when said slide or bar is moved in the opposite direction, although the gear M is turned, no effect will be produced on the winding-stem. manner it isdesigned to provide means for automatically winding the mainspring H.

at s marginal portion, are provided the stoplugs 'n,which are designed to successively en gage the angular stop pawl p, which is pivoted to the frame-plate N. is'provided with a beveled end, r, having toot-hed slide or bar P is provided with a latlthe large lower gear-wheel, g, and the upper stem. The barrel-gear engages Ithe middle of the shifting-rod F. The lower the stem K and wind the y On the upper surface of the spring-barrel G,'

a catch shoulder or projection, k, and the G is a barrel-gear carrying an inside coiled The inner end of said spring is aton the stern under the pinion h, so that when gear Mis located his stop-pawli roo crallyprojecting pivotcd arm t, having a retraoting,` spring, s, and held by said spring against a shoulder or bearing of the bar P. This arm i projects snilicicntly to engage the beveled end of the pawlp when the latter is held in normal position by its spring,` p. The other end ot' the pawlp is provided with a downwardly extending lug or projection, t, which is adapted, when the pawl is in normal position, to engage a stop-lug, `n, of the springbarrel G. W'lien the slide-bar is moved in one direction, its lateral arm i engages the end paul, p, and turns the latter sufficiently to move its lug,` n out of Vengagement with the stop-lng ofthe spring-barrel' G, allowing said spring'lnirrel to rotate under the action of the inainspring and turn the vertical rodi?, which turns the drums and shifts the' indicater-ribbon `to show the name of the next station. After the arm has passed the catch li: ol the paul the latter returns to its normal position, and its stop-lng is replaced in the path of the stoplugs ofthe springbarrel; so that the movement of said spring-barrel, and consequently thedrunis and the indicator-ribbon, isstopped when the next stop-lug comes into engagement with the pavvl p.

If the car to which this attach nient is appl lcd has a perfectly steady n1otion,it would be s nil'icient to opera-te the toothed slide by means of an incline ntthe side ol" the track to move the slide in one direction and a spring in connection with said slide to retract it; but in practice cars are found to sway when in motion, and as this irregular or unsteady movement is less marked near the track, it isdcsigned to provide the attachment with a vertically-ineving reciprocating slide or thrust bar, T, which is located in the casing or-way J. This thrustb'fir is formed with a long,` bevel or inclined slot, I, which is curved so that its inclination becomes more and more parallel with the edge of the bar at its cnd,so that when its -inovement commences its action will generally overcome the inertia of the mechanism and injury thereto will he avoided. When thethrust-bur is moved upward by the track device or trip, it aetnatcs the toothed rack-bar to force it in the operative direction, and when the trip ceases to act the thrustbar descends under the action of gravity and reverses the movement of the toothed bur l?. A spring` may be employed in connection with the thrust-bar to hasten its descent; but this is rarely necessary.

To operate the vertical thrust-bai', I provvide a pendent arm, V, extending downward through a bearing, o', attached at any convenient part beneathl the car, but preferably to a loose collar-connection, Z, on the axle, said collarconnection being free to allow the axle to turn therein, but provided with guards to prevent eiidwise movement. The arm V is provided with a roller, e, preferably toothed at its lower end to engage an incline or rack, r', which is connected to the trackwav, or in the cable-way when the attachment is applied te a cahleioad, The arm i is also provided with a jointed-link connection, 1, which pivoted at itslower end toa crank, at, on the Journal of the roller, and at its upper end to a cranlrarm, e', of a roclrshafl-, n", which is seated in a hearing` s', fastened to the hottoni of the cnr. This rock-shaftalso earres a crank-arm, 1i', which is set' at an angle with the cranlt-arin c, and when the roller .is turned the cranleaims are moved to opcrate the rmlfconneetion to', which extends alone,1 the bottoni of the car to connect with the horizontal thrust J1, which is seated 1n the bearing Q, and is formed will: a beveled end or guide portion, l', which, when said thrust is moved forward, engages an arm, di, of a rock-shaft, e', which `also carries an arm, gt', to which is connected the lower end ol the rodextension h2 ot' the vertic-.illy-reciprocatinn: thrust-bar T. It will be observed that the tlir st'bars T and J may be so made that il" their movements are extended beyond apoiut sufficient to exactly operate the mechanism connected it will` not affect the proper open ation of said mechanism. This is effected by extending the thrust to provide a straight:

bearing, k', at the end of the bevel in the direction of motion. tion ofthe thrust-bar is secured, notwithstandiiiflany irregular movements below.

In this manner perfect no When the' dcvic'esiare `tobe used in connection 'with steamfrailwayftjalrs, it' will 'often suffice to extend the thrnstconnection tu beyond the side oi' the car, as indicated in Fig". l5 of the drawings, this thrustconnection being?r provided with an end roller to engage u,- ravit or incline at thc side of the tracltway. Se, also, I provide an automatic shift-ing` device to shift the vertical gwiicarrying rod li at the end of the route. This may consist ot' a levcnarni, l', depending from the car, its lower end being` in position to engage an incline, in', on the traclrway, its upper ond being pivotcd to a horizontal thrustljiar, L, which is formed with an inclined slot, a, engaging a studeertncetion ofthe vertical rod F at the lower end ofthe latter. 1When the car reaches the end ofthe route, the arm Z strikes the incline and is shifted to move the thrust-har and raise or lower the vertical gear-rod, as the case nay be; and it is to beobservcd that the bevel-pinioiis of the gear-rod F are located sufficiently close to thejournal-pinions of the rolls to prevent cntirc disengagement at any time, for in order to prevent the rolls from turningr looscl'v in shifting, the `journalpinioiis must he eirgaged by the lower pinioiis of said rod before the upperpinions are disengaged, and so, also,

of the "everse adjustment. ln this manner i2 the increment of the rolls, and conscquentl",r of the indicator-ribbon, is always under control. A. modification is illustrated in Figs. 1d, l?, and liti of the drawings, in which the gcarlig is somewhat simplified, the principle, how i ever, remaining` the saine.

In addition to the naines of the streets/or ICO l fi() stations, advertising matter may appear nipon the indicator-ribbon.

'Having described (this invention, what I claim, and desire to seeureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a station-indicator, the combination, with the geared horizontal rolls and the indicator-ribbon, of the connecting and shifting rod F, having the intermediate gear, c, the intermittently-moving barrel-gear engaging the gear c, and automatic devices governing its movements, substantially as specified.y

2. In a station-indicator, the combination, with theuppergearedrolland thelower springconnected roll, its geared shaft, and the indicator-ribbon, of the vertical geared connectingrod F, engaging thegcars ee' and the harrel-gear, the intermittently-moving barrelgear engaging the gear c, and automatic devices governing the movements thereof, substantially` as specitied.

. as speeitied.

4. In a station-indicator, the combination, with the horizontal geared rolls and the indicatorribbon connected thereto, the geared connecting-rod, and stop-governed intermittent Winding and let-.off mechanism, ofa vertically-reciprocating thrust-bar, T, lin vthe easing J, provided with the inclined slot I for act- Iua'ting the toothed rack-bar, the horizontally'- reciprocating thrust-bar J', seated in the bearing Q, and'having the beveled end to engage in arm d2 of the rock-shaft e', and connecting devices, substantiallyV as specified.

In a station-indicator, the combination, with the ribbon-carrying rolls, the indicatorribbon, and the gear-connections, ofthe winding-mechanism, consisting of the bar P, operating upon the gear M, the stern K, and the spring H in the barrel-gear, and the automa-tic stopping mechanism, consisting of the stop- -pawl p, pivoted to the frame-plate, and having the projection o, to bear upon the stop-lugs n in the barrel (i, substantially as specilh-il.

6. In a station-indicator, the combination,

with the ribbon-carrying rolls, the indicatorribbon, and the gear-connections, of the mainspring and winding-gear, the reciprocating toothed bar engaging the gear M, thrust-bars T and J', the trip-arm V, extending through the bearing o', and having the roller z at its lower end' to engage a. rack on the trackway, and the link-connection t, pivoted at its lower lend to a crank on the roller-journal and its npper end to the erankarin z,and the crank and other connections, substantially as specified'.

7.. In a stationindicator,'the combination,

with the ribbon-carrying rolls, the indicatorribbon, and gear-connections, the mainspring,

MARK ANTHONY.

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' Trino. MUNGEN,

Prnt. C. MASI. 

